Burkha the veil of Ignorance

The Burqa is only one of the many forms of women's attire that has been adopted throughout the Islamic world. Imposing it is depriving one of their fundamental rights apart from being a political and religious statement. It is evidence of a male chauvinistic rigid attitude as it puts all the responsibility for modesty upon the woman, to unnaturally conceal her face and no burden of self control on the men. Isn't it a paradox that in these states where Polygamy is permitted by Islam the Muslim men cannot be trusted to control their base instincts when they see a woman's face.Any religion which allows Polygamy which is not good for society cannot perpetuate a dress code in the name of modesty.

Isn't it strange that Turkey an Islamic state ranks as one of the worst countries for abuse of women despite the Chador dress code.The report states that 42% of women over 15 have suffered sexual violence, rape and physical abuse.Wives taken in Islamic marriage are not protected by law and have to suffer silently. Sex crimes are rationalized as culturally permissible while not covering your face is not tolerated.

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No one can see the pain in the eyes behind the veiled faces,isn't this bad for society. In the bustling Souks of Arabia or the urban claustrophobic shopping malls of the Middle East all these Burqa clad women are touched intimately and gently in the slow moving crowds. Despite being covered from head to toe they are too intimate in these folded spaces, the edge to edge contact with a strangers body, must be momentarily disquieting for these women, yet no one talks of Islamic modesty here.